Peer to Peer

Based on Dr. Jo Shaprio's program at Brigham and Women's Hospital, both St. Luke's Treasure Valley and Saint Alphonsus Health System have established similar solutions for their medical staff.  Confidential, personal outreach and support to providers involved in a significant
or adverse event without fear of disclosure​.

Peer Supporters are your colleagues who are trained and can confidentially reach out and provide support as someone who has “been there” to combat the stress associated with those events or patient situations. They are also available at any time for clinicians
feeling distress from any cause. 
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It will never happen to me. But then it does.
 Medical error
 Lawsuit
 Board of Medicine complaint
 Unexpected patient outcome or death
 Immediate family death or major illness
 Divorce/separation
 Personal health crisis

Saint Alphonsus Contact: Guillermo Guzman-Trevino, MD
Guillermo.GuzmanTrevino@saintalphonsus.org

Saint Luke's Treasure Valley Contact: Cliff Tenley,  MD
​(208) 861-7931, TVwellness@slhs.org

The American Medical Association now has a StepsFoward module on how to set-up a Peer-to-Peer program in your institution.